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*Visiting Research Programmer / *School of Information Sciences (iSchool), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *Search Extended to Jan. 6, 2017* This position is a full time visiting academic professional appointment in The School of Information Sciences (iSchool) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The iSchool is an international leader in graduate education, home to world-class faculty, top-tier research, and highly ranked academic programs. This position is for a Visiting Research Programmer, who will support research project needs, as a part of a larger team of technical staff. To date, one year of funding has been secured for this position, however it may be extended or become permanent dependent upon future funding. *Duties and Responsibilities:* As part of a team of researchers, the person in this position will help author and implement prototype and experimental software (including Web-based services and applications) for projects investigating web discovery, linked open data interactions, digital content access, digital library support for pedagogy, and other information sciencerelated research questions. Many of these research initiatives involve multi-institutional collaboration, are nationally prominent and are funded by agencies such as IMLS, Mellon, and NEH. Under direction, the individual hired will write and execute scripts for manipulating, importing and processing textual data, metadata and library catalog records; fix bugs and implement new requests for functionality as they occur; and participate in the development, testing, and evaluation of software applications and databases supporting ongoing digital library research. *Detailed job duties include but are not limited to the following:* - Work with researchers and other project stakeholders and more senior programming staff to gather and analyze requirements for software and design approaches with potential to advance research project goals - Implement code, translate algorithms to code, and debug for test deployment in appropriate languages such as JavaScript, Python - Integrate data queries developed by the team (e.g., in SQL and SparQL) into scripts that call to services written by others - Fix bugs or develop features to meet enhancement requests for the projects as they occur - Apply (in a research context) emerging best practices and various software development methodologies, including version control, automated testing and code refactoring, and leveraging appropriate programming frameworks and technical architectures to the requirements and proposed solutions *Position Requirements and Qualifications:* This position requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree with a preferred degree in computer science or a related field. The successful candidate must have experience developing and deploying applications using a contemporary programming or scripting language with a preferred experience with and knowledge of academic library software tools, client/server and internet architectures, and information retrieval systems for searching and browsing; Experience in developing and coding interactive, data-driven Web applications in JavaScript, Python, Ruby on Rails, PHP, and/or Java; Experience working in a UNIX/Linux command-line environment/ Linux Web and/or Windows Web development experience, both on the server and client; Experience working in an academic library setting; Experience working with library metadata and library interoperability standards. Knowledge requirements are the solid understanding of core Web technologies; Demonstrated ability to accurately convert client requirements and specifications into working code; Ability to organize tasks assigned and work semi-autonomously; Excellent oral and written communication skills. Preferred experience is understanding of relational databases; Understanding of HTML, CSS, Python and/or JavaScript; Understanding of XML; Familiarity with RDF and linked open data best practices Motivated and creative problem solver, self-starter; proactive, resourceful, naturally inquisitive, desire to continuously improve, interested in information science research. Information about the iSchool and its programs can be found at http://ischool.illinois.edu/. This is a full-time, 12-month academic professional position with regular University benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience. The starting date is as soon as possible after the closing date. This position may become regular at a later date. To ensure full consideration, please complete your candidate profile at https://jobs.illinois.edu/ and upload your letter of application, resume, and a list of three professional references, including contact information by January 6, 2017. All requested information must be submitted for your application to be considered. Interviews may be conducted before the closing date, although no hiring decisions will be made until after the search has closed. For further information regarding application procedures, you may contact Candy Edwards at [log in to unmask] Myung-Ja "MJ" Han Associate Professor/Metadata Librarian 220 Main Library University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 1408 W. Gregory Dr. (MC-522) Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-9515 (Main Library) 217-244-7809 (Grainger) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-6466